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Friday, October 25, 1968
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The Headlines
DOAR SEES NO GAIN IN SCHOOL DISPUTE; ALLEN CONSULTED; Efforts to Resolve Teacher Strike Continue as Mayor Talks to State Aide
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hey Jude
The Beatles
#1 at the box office
Funny Girl
The must-have
Hot Wheels
On This Day
Soyuz 2 is launched.
Wikipedia →A Fairchild F-27 crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 32 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Picasso (1881)
- Georges Bizet (1838)
- Évariste Galois (1811)
- Johann Strauss II (1825)
- Max Stirner (1806)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Computer Mouse (Demo), Boeing 747 & 911 Emergency System.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
21,042 days ago
(57 years, 237 days)